Re: Rumours of a new Descent clone in development !!

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From: Rick Russell
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:17

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In article <Xns9548C10652A06pedx1nglycoscom@140.99.99.130>,
Ped Xing  <pedx1ng@lycos.com> wrote:
> I think I'm going to have to install Descent 2 (my fav) again, and see if 
> there is a good OpenGL or Direct3D patch for it.

There was a Windows 95/Direct X patch for Descent, but I couldn't get
it to work right under Windows. Instead, try D2X:

http://www.icculus.org/d2x/

I haven't been able to compile it directly from source, though. But
I'm a wuss.

Rick R.

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From: rickr@is.rice.edu (Rick Russell)
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Subject: Re: Rumours of a new Descent clone in development !!
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:17:29 +0000 (UTC)
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